1894

Eddie Grover writes in his usually cheerfulvein even though he begins his letter withspeaking of the illnesses of his sisters andhimself

Not to be outdone by my sisters, I arranged to have a severe attack of phlebitis in my left leg, which put me to bed for four weeks, with an electric pad as a bed-fellow. Confidentially, it was not a pleasant experience. I am up-and-around again, but take a cane for company, when I go up to the College campus. But aside from the phlebitis, the doctor assures me I am in very good shape.

In order to raise some money to pay my doctor's bills, I decided to cash in on a part of the library which I have accumulated. I shipped 26 cases to Parke-Bernet Galleries in New York City, who will catalogue them for sale at auction this fall. My Walt Whitman collection filled fifteen feet of shelf space, and I had a quantity of illustrative material in the way of old manuscripts, incunabula and early printed books including a page from Gutenberg's original Bible, etc. It was hard to let the books go, but I didn't want to leave them for my sisters or daughters to dispose of. I have several books left, which will go to Rollins College.

My only literary activity was a contribution entitled "What teaching means to me" for a volume recently published by Henry Holt & Company. ... It is good to be alive, even as I approach 88.

Kent Knowlton writes of an eye condition which might be much worse than it is —

"Around in familiar places I see well enough to get along very well, although I can't tell the numbers on the buses. I can see the green and red lights at crossings. Strangely enough, there is much more left of my reading vision, though some print is too fine for me and there is more of a limit than there used to be to the time that I can read consecutively. I could wish that televi- sion and radio had more programs that I care for."

It will be remembered that Jimmie Townsend was one of our very top men in Class loyalty and interest. Moreover he was one of the leading Dartmouth men on the Pacific Coast. In all this he was very much aided and abetted by his wife, Cora. Word has come from his son, Dick ('23) that his mother passed away on April 15, 1957. She had been bed-ridden for a year and in failing health before that. Dick also writes

"I am still practicing law in San Francisco. My older brother, Ted, who was in the Class of '19 at Dartmouth, is still engaged in the advertising business in San Francisco. My other brother, Jack, who attended Stanford, is also engaged in business in San Francisco, being in the photo-en- graving business."

Mrs. Marion Trow Cahalien, Frank Trow's only daughter, writes from Poughkeepsie, N. Y., about her brothers

"My brother, Stanley Trow, died in August in Panama. They have lived there for many years Stan grew to look so much like my father that I just loved to watch him. My other brother Harold, is still on the farm in Red Hook, N. Y.

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